This Is Not A Drill:
Real Lessons for Real People from the Real God, through His Prophets, on Ho to Live and Govern Ourselves, Really!
- History & Hypocrisy: Conforming Ourselves to the World
- Habits: Reforming Ourselves to the Word
- Holiness or Holocaust? Blessings or Curses: God’s Sovereignty in History and prophecy
Home School & Worldview Discipleship Resources
For those who are looking for God’s PRESCRIPTION for how to improve culture, rather than a DESCRIPTION of how bad things are.
Table of Contents
Section One: HISTORY & HYPOCRISY
Conforming Ourselves to the World
SECTION ONE OVERVIEW
Chapter One – Living According to Our Will, Instead of According to God’s Will
Hosea 780-723BC
- Stop Sinning!
- To Know God is to Love God
- God’s Love for us is Unconditional
- Return to the Lord!
- God’s Wrath
- Don’t Forget God
- KeyPoints from Hosea
- LifeStyle Action Plan -- God’s Faithfulness vs. Man’s Faithlessness
- Culture’s BUCK Stop/ BUCK Start
- Hosea’s Character Traits & Issues
Chapter Two – Hypocrisy
Amos 767-754BC & Isaiah 745-712BC
- Repent and Return to the Lord
- Since You Don’t Remember and Appreciate My Blessings,
- I will Take Them Away from You
- Id It Walks Like A Duck
- Yet You have not Returned to Me
- Talk is Cheap
- Obey God’s Word from the Heart
- The Remnant Preserved, Then Expanded
- KeyPoints from Amos
- LifeStyle Action Plan – Three Strikes and You’re Out
- Culture’s BUCK Stop/BUCK Start
- Amos & Isaiah’s Character Traits & Issues
Chapter Three -- Social Injustice & False Teachers
Micah 745-704BC
- The Sins of the People
- The Sins of the Leaders
- The Christian’s Sure Hope
- KeyPoints from Micah
- LifeStyle Action Plan – How To Stay In God’s Will
- Culture’s BUCK Stop/BUCK Start
- Micah’s Character Traits & Issues
Chapter Four – The Unpleasant Consequences of Conforming Our Worldview & Lifestyle to that of Our Non-Christian Neighbors
Malachi 429-397BC
- Face Time with God
- Man to God: “In what way have You loved us?”
- God to Man: “What would your life be like had I not changed your heart?
- Man to God: “In what way have we (Bible teachers) despised Your name?”
- God to Man: “Since you trust in your own wisdom …why do you need Me?”
- Man to God: “For what reason do You not accept the way we worship You?”
- God to man; “Why shouldn’t I conclude that you are in open rebellion …?”
- Man to God: “In what way have we wearied You?”
- God to man: “… Just where is your heart … with Me or with fellow creatures?”
- Man to God: “In what way shall we return in our relationship to You?”
- God to man: “… My way is good and your way is bad, why should I believe that you are a Christian …?”
- Man to God: “What have we spoken against You?”
- God to man: “You honor non-Christian civil rulers and business leaders more than you do Me …”
- KeyPoints from Malchi
- LifeStyle Action Plan – Mirror Image
- Culture’s BUCK Stop/BUCK Start
- Malachi’s Character Traits & Issues
- SECTION ONE CHECKPOINT
Section Two: HABITS
Reforming Ourselves to the Word
SECTION TWO OVERVIEW
Chapter Five -- Rebuilding Physical & Spiritual Walls
Ezra 539-458BC & Nehemiah 458-432BC
- Precautions against being Unequally Yoked in our Endeavors
- The Church and State Both Serve God
- The Wall Completed & Public Confession of Sins
- KeyPoints from Ezra and Nehemiah
- LifeStyle Action Plan – More than Moralism
- Culture’s BUCK Stop/BUCK Start
- Ezra & Nehemiah’s Character Traits & Issues
Chapter Six – there’s No Such Thing As A Part-time Christian
Haggai 529-521BC & Isaiah 745-712BC
- The Basis for our Sure and Certain Hope
- Good News!
- Hit Me with your Best Shot!
- A low view of God’s Word exalts Man
- Prophecy Fulfilled
- Covenants of God
- Looking for Answers in all the Wrong Places
- Repent!
- KeyPoints from Haggai & Isaiah
- LifeStyle Action Plan –Born to Lose; Reborn to Win
- Culture’s BUCK Stop/BUCK Start
- Haggai & Isaiah’s Character Traits & Issues
Chapter Seven – Our Lifestyles: Are They Leading to God’s Wrath, Or to His Blessings?
Jeremiah 628-570BC & Zephaniah 628-624BC
- Jeremiah’s Call and Judah’s Disobedience
- Disobedience Brings God’s Wrath
- Predicted Judgment for Civil Rulers and Pastors
- The Remnant Protected and Exalted
- Blessings will come after Judgment
- KeyPoints from Jeremiah & Zephaniah
- LifeStyle Action Plan – What Does God Expect From Us?
- Culture’s BUCK Stop/BUCK Start
- Jeremiah & Zephaniah’s Character Traits & Issues
Chapter Eight – “Rend Your Heart, Not Your Garments”
Joel 829-826BC & Isaiah 745-712BC
- You Have left Me
- Proclaim a Solemn Assembly
- The Day of the Lord
- God’s Patience has Run Out
- Hope & Victory: “Neither Shall They Learn War Anymore”
- KeyPoints from Joel & Isaiah
- LifeStyle Action Plan – Broken and Contrite Heart
- Culture’s BUCK Stop/BUCK Start
- Joel & Isaiah’s Character Traits & Issues
Chapter Nine -- “Repent or Perish!”
Jonah 770-767BC
- Calling and Disobedience
- Our Sure and Certain Hope
- Ninevah Repents, God Relents
- Misplaced Priorities
- KeyPoints from Jonah
- LifeStyle Action Plan – Fulfilling Our Calling
- Culture’s BUCK Stop/BUCK Start
- Jonah’s Character Traits & Issues
Chapter Ten -- Then You Shall Know That I Am the Lord God
Ezekiel 594-573BC
- God’s Glory
- Events Before The Fall of Jerusalem
- “Woe to foolish Pastors!”
- God’s Justice is Perfect
- Our Calling as God’s Watchmen
- Rising from the Ruins
- KeyPoints from Ezekiel
- LifeStyle Action Plan – The Antidote … Pastors and Civil Rulers Who Serve as “Watchmen” to Educate Us About Cultural Issues
- Culture’s BUCK Stop/BUCK Start
- Ezekiel’s Character Traits & Issues
- SECTION TWO CHECKPOINT
Section Three: HOLINESS or HOLOCAUST
Blessings or Curses: God’s Sovereignty in History and Prophecy
SECTION TWO OVERVIEW
Chapter Eleven – Do Your Part and Trust in God to do His
Esther 494-474BC
- Faith at Work
- KeyPoints from Esther
- LifeStyle Action Plan -- Why Do We Disobey?
- Culture’s BUCK Stop/BUCK Start
- Esther’s Character Traits & Issues
Chapter Twelve -- God’s Sovereignty in History & Prophecy
Obadiah 864-860BC, Isaiah 745-712BC & Daniel 586-537BC
- By What Authority Are We Living?
- Our God Reigns!
- Momentary Truth
- KeyPoints from Obadiah, Isaiah & Daniel
- LifeStyle Action Plan – What’s The Bid Deal With The Ten Commandments?
- Culture’s BUCK Stop/BUCK Start
- Obadiah, Isaiah & Daniel’s Character Traits & Issues
Chapter Thirteen -- God’s Controlling Hand
Habakkuk 608-606BC
- Why do the Righteous Suffer?
- The Righteous will live by Faith
- In Your Wrath Remember Mercy
- KeyPoints from Habakkuk
- LifeStyle Action Plan – “Is There Anything Too Difficult For The Lord?”
- Culture’s BUCK Stop/BUCK Start
- Habakkuk’s Character Traits & Issues
Chapter Fourteen – Perfect Justice is Achieved through God’s Perfect Judgment
Nahum 640-635BC, Isaiah 745-712BC & Jeremiah 586BC
- The Justice and Goodness of God
- When we don’t Hear or See as we should, we won’t Act as we should
- Wait on the Lord
- Will the Axe Boast Itself over the One Who Chops With it?
- Pride Leads to Destruction
- God’s Plans Cannot Be Altered
- Trust in the Lord
- Judgment & Blessings
- Disobedience Brings Punishment
- Prayer of Mercy
- KeyPoints from Nahum, Isaiah & Jeremiah
- LifeStyle Action Plan – Dealing With Afflictions
- Culture’s BUCK Stop/BUCK Start
- Nahum, Isaiah & Jeremiah’s Character Traits & Issues
Chapter Fifteen -- Do Not Repeat the Sins of Your Fathers
Zechariah 529-494BC
- Where Are Your Fathers and Their Teachers Now?
- As far as the East is from the West
- Did You Really Fast For Me?
- Bright Future for Jerusalem
- The Coming King
- KeyPoints from Zechariah
- LifeStyle Action Plan – We Are Instruments in God’s Hands To Accomplish His Purposes
- Culture’s BUCK Stop/BUCK Start
- Zechariah’s Character Traits & Issues
- SECTION THREE CHECKPOINT
Appendices
- ONE -- Character Traits & Issues
- TWO – Actions to Take
- THREE – God’s Promises
- FOUR – Is There POWER In Your Testimony?